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"Dr. Jai Maharaj" |
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10 Jan 2005 08:47:19 PM |
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PBS STATION PULLS PLUG ON DOCUMENTARY |
PBS station pulls plug on documentary
The Daily Times
Monday, January 10, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The PBS television station in
Albuquerque pulled a documentary on evolution after
discovering it was funded by evangelical Christian
groups.
The show,"Unlocking the Mystery of Life," challenges
Darwin's theory of evolution. It had mistakenly been
slated to air Friday night, in a time slot reserved for
the science show "Nova."
"The funders of this program have a clear and specific
agenda that they openly promote," said Joan Rebecchi,
KNME-TV's marketing manager.
"KNME has no position regarding this agenda, but we must
guard against the public perception that editorial
control might have been exercised by the program
funders," she said.
Chad Davis, KNME program manager, said the show lists
five Christian organizations as funders, including the
Crowell Trust, whose Web site says it promotes"the
teaching and active extension of the doctrines of
evangelical Christianity through approved grants to
qualified organizations."
Supporters of the show called the decision not to air it
censorship and questioned whether KNME's decision was
really based on content.
Ted Garcia, KNME's general manager, said,"Had the program
been produced from the perspective of an objective body,
free of this perceived influence, the program would have
been acceptable for broadcast with an appropriate
disclaimer."
The show had been mistakenly placed on the station's
January schedule last month, even though station
programmers had already decided not to air it, Rebecchi
said Friday. It had been offered as a free feed by the
National Educational Telecommunication Association, which
provides programming to PBS stations around the country.
"We had a transition between two program directors. We
had one leave and another one came in, so there was some
confusion," she said.
The program director noticed on Sunday that"Unlocking the
Mystery of Life" was in the time slot for "Nova," she
said."It was just a scheduling error." An episode
of"Nova" was to be shown instead.
Supporters argue that sophisticated machinery inside
living cells could point to"intelligent design," which
they say is a sound science regardless of who paid to
produce it.
Dave Thomas, a physicist and mathematician who is
president of New Mexicans for Science and Reason, which
promotes critical thinking, said intelligent design
is"creationism in a lab coat." Thomas, who has seen the
documentary, agreed with the decision to pull it.
The intelligent design theory "is pseudoscience," he
said. "It looks scientific, but those ideas were shot
down 200 years ago."
However, Rebecca Keller, a research assistant professor
in the chemistry department at the University of New
Mexico, believes the documentary should air.
"It challenges the idea that this sophisticated machinery
and software could arise purely by the means of natural
selection and random mutation, which is the core of
Darwinian evolution," Keller said.
She said it's good science to question a dominant theory
such as evolution.
KNME has received telephone calls and letters from both
sides, but Rebecchi said the station's decision was based
on PBS production funding standards designed to promote
fairness, balance and impartiality.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13715229&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18179&rfi=6
Posted in part by kskiska on Mon Jan-10-05 10:43 AM
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Good on PBS...and it's real Christian to deceive...no?
Posted by nothingshocksmeanymore on Mon Jan-10-05 10:45 AM
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that's as good an anti-creationism argument as any
The way creationists have to be so sneaky about
everything is almost enough evidence by itself to
discredit their position.
Posted by Bill McBlueState on Mon Jan-10-05 10:52 AM
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Good for them - the numskulls on the right have been
trying to usurp pbs for a while. Even that douchebag
Tucker Carlson got a show.
Posted by progressoid on Mon Jan-10-05 10:51 AM
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Correction: Tucker Carlson is a wanker.
http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/003631.html
It's all about standing united, y'all.
Posted by bunkerbuster1 on Mon Jan-10-05 11:02 AM
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Wheyw I'm glad this one is good news. The opening line
had me scared!
Hooray, let's have more people stand up to the christo-
fascist bullies!!!
One thing I wish we would see, though, is an end to the
polite diplomatic language--I'd love to see people in
positions to make these decisions call a spade a spade.
"Hell no, we won't air far-right pseudo-religion anti-
factual crap on our network!!!!" --haha that's what I
would love to see; ah well I can dream.
Wonder if there's an email for that station?
Posted by FizzFuzz on Mon Jan-10-05 10:52 AM
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Contact info
http://www.knmetv.org/contact_us/index.php3
Sorry I don't have time to get the specific email
address, I just realized I'm late for work!!! hehe
1137779, How about a Documentary on Posted by
Massachusetts on Mon Jan-10-05 10:54 AM
The History Of Religion's Role In Human Tragedy.
Praise Gee Sus that would be sacrilege.:evilgrin: O8)
:evilfrown:
Posted by Noxmtbnk on Mon Jan-10-05 11:07 AM
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RATIONAL Heads Prevail.
Good!
Posted by arwalden on Mon Jan-10-05 10:54 AM
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I'm sure they've got all kindsa "scientific" evidence
such as this piece of work:
http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/0123.asp
Posted by bunkerbuster1 on Mon Jan-10-05 11:04 AM
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Chick Productions? Does that stand for Jack T. Chick?
D'oh! Just checked...Guess it does.
Man, that guy has made some screwed up comics throughout
his life!
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1020/1020_01.asp
And they've had 500,000,000 of those little strips
printed!
Posted by gatorboy on Mon Jan-10-05 03:23 PM
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good job PBS
Evolution...as taught by those that believe women came
out of rib...
I don't call these people Christians...I call them
Christianofascists...usurpers of the religion...CURSE
THEM!
Posted by AlbizuX on Mon Jan-10-05 11:09 AM
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That's a good standard
No documentaries by people who have a "clear and specific
agenda that they openly promote." Unfortunately, it does
nullify other PBS programming that gets through.
They ran an attack piece of Wal-Mart (Yes, they suck, but
still deserve fair treatment) that was funded by anti-
globalists. Seems a bit of inconsistency.
I think journalistic organizations should be consistent.
Posted by AliciaKeyedUp on Mon Jan-10-05 11:11 AM
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problem in your argument
the issue of whether or not Wal-Mart is a problem is an
issue that can be debated.
the issue of evolution versus creationism is really not
subject to debate, unless you want to align yourself with
people who, like the church during the time of Galileo,
denied truth in order to advance an agenda of the church
that had absolutely nothing to do with science.
the issue is that the group does not represent science.
it represents religion trying to pass itself off as
science.
the language the station used should have directly
addressed the real issue, but it seems it chose language
to soften its reason for refusing to air the program.
Nova is a well known program with a reputation to
protect, as well. To air such pseudo-science in the same
time slot would have been a breech of the public trust,
since people look to Nova for fact, not religious
propaganda.
Posted by RainDog on Mon Jan-10-05 11:28 AM
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Go after Wal-Mart by all means
Just don't have an anti-globalization group sponsor it.
That's not right and you know it.
I think journalists should do a bit better, don't you?
As for evolution, I don't see how it conflicts with my
view of god or religion or creation or anything. God's
more than a bit smarter than I am, so it makes sense to
me that whatever was designed is pretty cool.
Posted by AliciaKeyedUp on Mon Jan-10-05 03:09 PM
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Finally!
PBS demonstrates it's conversion to lapdog for the right
is not complete. There is hope for Public Broadcasting
yet! :thumbsup:
Posted by intheflow on Mon Jan-10-05 02:59 PM
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HooRay for PBS!!! Besides, how could the concept of
creationism occupy a whole hour of television? One
sentence should be enough.
Posted by VegasWolf on Mon Jan-10-05 03:05 PM
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yeah, one sentence, three words...god did it.
that wouldn't even take up the 10 seconds a "sponsor"
gets.
Posted by ret5hd on Mon Jan-10-05 03:22 PM
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10 Jan 2005 09:34:01 PM |
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Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
PBS station pulls plug on documentary
The Daily Times
Monday, January 10, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The PBS television station in
Albuquerque pulled a documentary on evolution after
discovering it was funded by evangelical Christian
groups.
The show,"Unlocking the Mystery of Life," challenges
Darwin's theory of evolution. It had mistakenly been
slated to air Friday night, in a time slot reserved for
the science show "Nova."
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I have this show on DVD, bought on the recommendation of friends who may
be a bit New Age, but are decidedly not Christian Fundamentalists.
I haven't watched it yet. I suppose doing so will cast me into a
cauldron of brimstone and ignorance. Oh well ...maybe I can float...
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11 Jan 2005 01:43:15 AM |
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it should be presented as a spiritual program, not a science program.
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